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Internet is a dot.con says survey
News The study -- conducted by Internet security firm ArmorGroup -- finds that 35 percent of all luxury goods for sale on the Web are fake leading the firm to dub the e-commerce revolution a dot.con. Fraud is thriving on the Net according to a survey...
[July 4, 2000, 14:35]
Security showdown: Black Hat vs. Def Con
News Yet starting Friday, hackers emerge at Def Con, with many from the underground culture coming out into the hot Las Vegas sun to trade code, learn new tricks and, in some cases, finally meet in real life.
[July 11, 2001, 14:49]
DEF CON: Fear and fascination in Las Vegas
News (Editor's note: ZDNet News reporter Rob Lemos holed up in Las Vegas for three days of fun and games at DEF CON, the mother of all hacker and computer security conventions. Considering how in its six years of existence, DEF CON has never been...
[August 4, 1998, 14:09]
The big con - open source
Talkback The 'Big Con', open source is being marketed by ‘Open Source’ companies that it is better quality then proprietary software. Open source is just a step up from shareware which really never took off. The computer industry like other industries likes...
[December 29, 2008, 10:26]
Con Edison Made Site Information Easy to Find With Google Site Search
White Papers Con Edison places a high priority on open communications. For more than 180 years, Consolidated Edison, Inc.has served one of the world's most dynamic and demanding marketplaces - metropolitan New York.
[June 23, 2009, 1:19]
Re: The big con - open source
Talkback The 'Big Con', open source is being marketed by ‘Open Source’ companies that it is better quality then proprietary software. : Open source is just a step up from shareware which really never took off.
[January 7, 2009, 7:54]
BT's convergence con-Fusion
Talkback Wow - you couldn't be more up yourself and uninformed could you? I'd like to take your argument bit by bit - just to make sure you don't miss anything. First of all, you say "Fusion calls from home to a landline cost as much as they do from any...
[June 22, 2005, 23:26]
BT's convergence con-Fusion
Talkback I thought BT were using UMA? That's what they've been saying at recent conferences? If not UMA what technology are they using?
[June 17, 2005, 9:57]
BT's Bluephone must be convergence without the con
Talkback tbh i think the fact that other mobile operators arent following this line has nothing to do with the possibility BT may be keeping price of entry unreasonably high but more to do with market desire for the device/concept.a home phone is a home...
[April 7, 2005, 12:29]
BT's convergence con-Fusion
Leader The launch of BT's Fusion handset has been widely trailed as an industry-changing event. At last, a mobile phone that works at home without touching the expensive mobile networks - one, moreover, that works over broadband.
[June 15, 2005, 15:05]
Compact computer credit card con caught
News An innovative Palm Pilot user who recently put her PDA to an unusual new use siphoning off credit-card data and building up an impressive database of numbers has been apprehended by authorities. Tania Ventura, a 26-year-old cashier at Bloomingdale...
[November 26, 1999, 14:41]
A Year Ago: 'Cowboys' using Action 2000 database to con firms
News You might think all 'bug busters' listed with Action 2000 are a trustworthy bunch, but you'd be wrong. Action 2000 admitted today that it has been exploited and that some companies are being ripped off by unscrupulous ‘bug services organisations...
[January 17, 2000, 6:00]
Fake bank email tries to con customers
News Another fraudulent email is doing the rounds, this one attempting to trick people into providing their Westpac bank account details. According to Andrew Kent, the chief executive of SpamTrap, the emails were sent out in the early hours of this...
[August 14, 2003, 13:05]
BT's Bluephone must be convergence without the con
Leader It's been a long time coming, but BT is finally gearing up to launch its Bluephone system. On paper, it looks good: one phone that works on fixed lines in homes and offices and elsewhere as a mobile, saving you the need for two handsets and two bills.
[April 6, 2005, 14:20]
Change and Con?guration Management
White Papers Change and configuration management is not only the enabling technology for other management disciplines - most notably, SLM, BSM, capacity planning, and incident and problem management - but also aids in the quest for more automation of IT...
[January 15, 2005, 2:00]
Phishermen release DIY con kits
News Some Web sites are now offering surfers the chance to download free "phishing kits" containing all the graphics, Web code and text required to construct the kind of bogus Web sites used in Internet phishing scams.
[August 19, 2004, 17:35]
club la costa con
Talkback My husband and I have both been conned. We drove to birmingham on Sat 2 Sep only to be met by a lady named Kelly. Yes she was a nice lady and it all seemed to be ligit. Of course they managed to get us to sign up but I wasn't happy at all.
[September 4, 2006, 11:45]
re:club la costa con
Talkback Hi there,we too have been suckered into the 34 month trial and have just returned from one of Club La Costa's "free" trips to Spain. Can you let me know how you got on with getting a refund, etc? thanks.
[November 26, 2006, 10:53]
eBay con artists convicted
News Three people who cheated 3,000 eBay customers out of thousands of pounds have been jailed. The London-based trio, a Romanian couple and their accomplice, tricked eBay customers out of £300,000 for goods that were never delivered.
[October 31, 2005, 10:20]
Make sure convergence doesn't verge on the con
Leader "The fool saith in his heart: Do not put all your eggs in one basket. But the wise man exhorteth thus: Put all your eggs in one basket; then watch the basket. Andrew Carnegie One bill, one point of contact, one deal.
[March 20, 2006, 16:50]
